Barbara's Comments

There are 5 different readers (identified by email address) with the same nickname Barbara. They are represented by different colors.

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5 Two Cats in my Garden

I am that there are people like you in this world who likes cats. I think what you did is so nice.
God Bless You
Posted by Barbara at 2008-03-19 04:25:27. More

4 Pinyin is Not Chinese

I like the mainland Chinese pinyin the best, because it is the most phonetical one. You just need to know a few rules, like that the X is pronounced like the German "ch" in "ich" for example. The only people I know who had real problems with it were.... native speakers of English, seriously. I think the problem native speakers of English is that English is not a phonetical language at all. They tend to make the mistake of mixing up English spelling rules and international phonetical transcription. If you look into an English dictionary for pronunciation, you will see that the phonetical transcription is often VERY different from the spelling. To pronounce English properly, you definitely need to know more rules than for Chinese pinyin.
Also, there are sounds that do not exist in English, like the x in xin,... (hs?? please.. ) or the u Umlaut (ü) in lü, etc. My vote would therefore go to the PRCh pinyin to become the international standard, it is very clear and easy, a good adaptation of Latin letters to describe Chinese pronunciation.
Posted by Barbara at 2008-01-02 03:44:25. More

3 Airport Shuttle Bus #7 Starts to Operate

How often the airport shuttle goes from Pudong airport to Dongfang Rd, is it going by hourly or bi-hourly or 30 minutes? ;) Thanks in advance!!!
Posted by Barbara at 2007-05-11 19:41:16. More

2 Kodak Digital Image Printing Kiosk

HI
MY NAME IS BARBARA.
HOW MUCH THE KODAK PICTURE KIOSK
MY E-MAIL: babaferreira@hotmail.com
Posted by barbara at 2006-12-01 21:35:47. More

1 Daily Life - SARS Related IV

My son( 17 years old) is scheduled to attend a month long program in Shanghai July 14-August 14th. He really wants to attend and we've love him to go but we're still somewhat hesitant because of SARS. What do you think?
Posted by Barbara at 2003-05-30 04:20:57. More